Reassortment of Swine H1N1 virus with Pandemic H1N1 virus, Hong Kong (SAR - PRC) (OIE, July 2 2010, edited): Final Report

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Reassortment of Swine H1N1 virus with Pandemic H1N1 virus, Hong Kong (SAR - PRC) (OIE, July 2 2010, edited)

[Source: OIE, Full PDF Document (LINK). Edited.]

Reassortment of Swine H1N1 virus with Pandemic H1N1 virus, Hong Kong (SAR - PRC)

Information received on 02/07/2010 from Dr Thomas Sit, Assistant Director , Inspection & Quarantine, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Cheung Sha Wan , Hon Kong , Hong Kong (SAR - PRC)

• Summary
  • Report type Immediate notification (Final report)
  • Start date 07/01/2010
  • Date of first confirmation of the event 11/01/2010
  • Report date 02/07/2010
  • Date submitted to OIE 02/07/2010
  • Date event resolved 07/01/2010
  • Reason for notification Emerging disease
  • Morbidity 1 %
  • Mortality 0 %
  • Zoonotic impact May affect humans
  • Causal agent A/Swine/Hong Kong/201/2010

• New outbreaks
  • Summary of outbreaks
    • Total outbreaks: 1
      • Location(s) - HONG KONG (Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse)
      • Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
        • Swine - ... - 1 - 0 - ... - ...
    • Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
      • Swine - ** - ** - 0.00% - **
      • * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
      • ** Not calculated because of missing information

• Epidemiology
  • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
    • Unknown or inconclusive
    • Under investigation

• Epidemiological comments
  • The government has stepped up inspection of live pigs and continued to closely monitor the health condition of pigs on local pig farms.

• Control measures
  • Measures applied
    • Screening
    • No vaccination
    • No treatment of affected animals
  • Measures to be applied
    • No other measures

• Diagnostic test results
  • Laboratory name and type Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong (Regional Reference Laboratory)
    • Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
      • Swine - virus isolation - 11/01/2010 - Positive
      • Swine - virus sequencing - 26/02/2010 - Positive

• Future Reporting
  • The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

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